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To: Road Walker who wrote (264771)	12/15/2005 6:44:18 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577422

Bush Boosts Aid Request for New Orleans Voice of America By Scott Stearns. President Bush will ask Congress for another $1.5 billion to help rebuild the levee system around the city of New Orleans, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina. White House officials ... Yeah, but did you see he's offering $3 billion when its estimated to coast $32 billion to get the levees up to Cat. 5 strength. Its nonsense. Blanco and Nagin went to DC for nothing this week. ""The levee system will be better and stronger than it ever has been in the history of New Orleans," said Donald Powell, the Bush administration's point person for the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast area hit hard by Katrina.' More Rove spin........NO has been sold down the river and is going down. ted

To: Road Walker who wrote (264771)	12/15/2005 6:51:10 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1577422

Major PR thing going on with Bush... makes me nervous about whats on the horizon. Something is up... Bush, McCain Agree to Ban Torture of US Detainees Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush and US Senator John McCain announced agreement today on legislation banning abuse of suspected terrorists in US custody. The accord is a victory for McCain and ... Bush Boosts Aid Request for New Orleans Voice of America By Scott Stearns. President Bush will ask Congress for another $1.5 billion to help rebuild the levee system around the city of New Orleans, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina. White House officials ... He's spending all that political capital he won last year... Al